What's with this constant focus on e-toys? This is news for nerds, stuff that matters, not what $800 gadget will make you look like a networked, tech-minded businessman.
Oh come on, quit questioning "but what does intelligence really mean?" this is not even close to intelligence. Nor is the trainer communicating with his goldfish, they've just recognized through manipulation of food/pain what they're supposed to do when they notice a particular pattern. Don't even think of saying "but isn't that communication?".. that's so far from real symbolic communication that it's almost as aburd a comparison as neurons firing to counting.
Or even leave it up to *gasp* the private sector to provide censorship software. Buying services from a company is the obvious opt-in solution. It doesn't make any sense to have the government provide opt-in services since everyone who's not opting in is helping to pay for it.
I'm not talking about brain monitoring, I'm just using it as an example of other "counting" in nature that doesn't have any sort of thought behind it. And the reason I say thought is because the article summary says counting like fish can think.
Neurons fire when a certain threshhold of other neurons are firing around them, does that mean they can "count"? It's an electrochemical reaction, not intelligence.
Call me a slashdotter, but I think they should get gamers' input for things like this. After hundreds of hours of Insurgency and BF2 I can also attest that overhead maps are insanely helpful in planning large maneuvers when in command, though you need to actually know the level inside and out to actually get anything done as a foot soldier. Not really appropriate to the less-realistic Battlefield, but in Insurgency at least, effective peer-to-peer communication is absolutely essential to winning the round. I mean like if you haven't played those ultra-realistic style shooters you can't even imagine.. to be pinned down by SAW fire and call for help from the forward squad, they take a detour through a side building and take out the SAW so your squad can move up.. but at the same time, if real life squad leaders are sitting there watching deployment videos during a battle his squad's gonna get slaughtered around him..
Nah, I'm in college. I thought it would be an end to this nonsense, but there are a few profs that just get furious when students use laptops in class. I mean we're obviously not taking notes, but come on man it's not personal, we have long hours of classes and it gets boring. I've gotten 100s on all the tests, just let me screw around on my laptop in the back of class. And there are a couple that just make fools of themselves.
You there in the back, put that away. Yeah your laptop. Yes. Thank you. *shakes head in disgust*
No, he's right! Classes are insanely boring and all I have to do is post on slashdot during class. I was talking about posting, not making snide comments to classmates!
OP here. Correct, I was talking about posting to slashdot. I never "disturb" classes- as if I have anyone to talk to anyway- except for banging my head against the wall and facepalming constantly in some of my inane computer science classes.
That's because teachers don't allow cell phones or laptops to be used in class. What are students with tiny attention spans supposed to do other than talk if they're bored in class? How can teachers expect students NOT to be bored being forced to come in on a full-time basis and absorb material?
Oh of course- but then games like TF2 that explicitly zooms in on who killed you aren't real battlefield simulators. There are no respawns in Counter-Strike so it doesn't matter that you can spec after death. I also prefer the instant blackout though.. I've been playing a ton of Insurgency lately and my roommate can attest to how many times I've perched over my laptop barely breathing for minutes then jumped a mile high at the sound of bullets ripping through my insurgent's flesh. The Ins death effect is great.. some insanely well-done post process effects kick in for half a second to simulate your eyes glazing and closing as the point of view rolls over.. and you hear bullets through flesh or hitting your helmet and your body rolling over in the dust.
I don't know, this seems ridiculous to me. I like this quote from TFA:
"What I'm not seeing is school officials approaching this in an adult manner," says Vic Walczak, the legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union in Pennsylvania. "They're approaching it in an authoritarian fashion...."
Teachers invest way too much in their authority.. they freak out when kids figure out a way to subvert it, so the situation escaletes to litigation. I don't really get it- if the teachers would teach something worthwhile I'd listen, it's not personal that I'm commenting as we speak from the back of class. It seems like teachers are taking advantage of their situation to play dominance games. I don't mean anything sexual; it's obviously widespread enough to be a human-condition level problem, not a couple of nutjobs. But it's hard to ignore how absurd the high school classrom authority situation is. Teachers who play these games undermine their own respectability IMHO. Any honest profs out there care to psychoanalyze their colleagues?
Cannibalism could be a problem. Research to get humans into space is already done but I'm thinking that's going to be even less popular with the rest of the crew than durian.
Not to mention that they should keep ALL manner of global routing out of countries that censor the internet.. it's just a no-brainer. Probably should move a lot out of America too..
Hm, that's funny it never even crossed my mind. I guess Adobe has built up such a reputation of trust over decades of reliable security that I just sort of took it for granted.
Better idea: Not if I first get a patent for applying for patents covering patent offices!
To keep this from spiraling out of control I also offer a metapatent. A patent covering the patenting of patents. Related to patents. You can still patent patenting other things.
If they had patented the original idea of a "gift card" that would let you buy vouchers with purchasing power, and big players picked up their idea and started making millions then I'd be a little more sympathetic. But come on, this is obviously an example of prior art, and you're right- why tack on "...on the internet" other than just to dodge the prior art bullet a bit.
They can afford to sell games at $2.00 for a few years until everyone's got a digital library of 20 or 30 games and they're used to the service.. as sony loses massive money too
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In soviet... corn... never mind.
Except that's not pornographic. I guess it wouldn't stop the CoS though.
What's with this constant focus on e-toys? This is news for nerds, stuff that matters, not what $800 gadget will make you look like a networked, tech-minded businessman.
Oh come on, quit questioning "but what does intelligence really mean?" this is not even close to intelligence. Nor is the trainer communicating with his goldfish, they've just recognized through manipulation of food/pain what they're supposed to do when they notice a particular pattern. Don't even think of saying "but isn't that communication?".. that's so far from real symbolic communication that it's almost as aburd a comparison as neurons firing to counting.
Or even leave it up to *gasp* the private sector to provide censorship software. Buying services from a company is the obvious opt-in solution. It doesn't make any sense to have the government provide opt-in services since everyone who's not opting in is helping to pay for it.
I'm not talking about brain monitoring, I'm just using it as an example of other "counting" in nature that doesn't have any sort of thought behind it. And the reason I say thought is because the article summary says counting like fish can think.
Neurons fire when a certain threshhold of other neurons are firing around them, does that mean they can "count"? It's an electrochemical reaction, not intelligence.
Am I the only one who saw "read 12000 more bytes" and thought in large capital letters: TL;DR?
Call me a slashdotter, but I think they should get gamers' input for things like this. After hundreds of hours of Insurgency and BF2 I can also attest that overhead maps are insanely helpful in planning large maneuvers when in command, though you need to actually know the level inside and out to actually get anything done as a foot soldier. Not really appropriate to the less-realistic Battlefield, but in Insurgency at least, effective peer-to-peer communication is absolutely essential to winning the round. I mean like if you haven't played those ultra-realistic style shooters you can't even imagine.. to be pinned down by SAW fire and call for help from the forward squad, they take a detour through a side building and take out the SAW so your squad can move up.. but at the same time, if real life squad leaders are sitting there watching deployment videos during a battle his squad's gonna get slaughtered around him..
No, he's right! Classes are insanely boring and all I have to do is post on slashdot during class. I was talking about posting, not making snide comments to classmates!
OP here. Correct, I was talking about posting to slashdot. I never "disturb" classes- as if I have anyone to talk to anyway- except for banging my head against the wall and facepalming constantly in some of my inane computer science classes.
That's because teachers don't allow cell phones or laptops to be used in class. What are students with tiny attention spans supposed to do other than talk if they're bored in class? How can teachers expect students NOT to be bored being forced to come in on a full-time basis and absorb material?
durr I was talking about commenting on slashdot. I don't participate in class.
Oh yeah, they get their domain name illegally hijacked so they should just change the name of their entire project.
What? It's a placebo? AAH DON'T TELL ME!
*plugs fingers in ears*
la la la la la
Oh of course- but then games like TF2 that explicitly zooms in on who killed you aren't real battlefield simulators. There are no respawns in Counter-Strike so it doesn't matter that you can spec after death. I also prefer the instant blackout though.. I've been playing a ton of Insurgency lately and my roommate can attest to how many times I've perched over my laptop barely breathing for minutes then jumped a mile high at the sound of bullets ripping through my insurgent's flesh. The Ins death effect is great.. some insanely well-done post process effects kick in for half a second to simulate your eyes glazing and closing as the point of view rolls over.. and you hear bullets through flesh or hitting your helmet and your body rolling over in the dust.
Cannibalism could be a problem. Research to get humans into space is already done but I'm thinking that's going to be even less popular with the rest of the crew than durian.
Not to mention that they should keep ALL manner of global routing out of countries that censor the internet.. it's just a no-brainer. Probably should move a lot out of America too..
Oh good call, I didn't patent the act of patenting.. grr
Hm, that's funny it never even crossed my mind. I guess Adobe has built up such a reputation of trust over decades of reliable security that I just sort of took it for granted.
Better idea: Not if I first get a patent for applying for patents covering patent offices!
To keep this from spiraling out of control I also offer a metapatent. A patent covering the patenting of patents. Related to patents. You can still patent patenting other things.
If they had patented the original idea of a "gift card" that would let you buy vouchers with purchasing power, and big players picked up their idea and started making millions then I'd be a little more sympathetic. But come on, this is obviously an example of prior art, and you're right- why tack on "...on the internet" other than just to dodge the prior art bullet a bit.
They can afford to sell games at $2.00 for a few years until everyone's got a digital library of 20 or 30 games and they're used to the service.. as sony loses massive money too